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word play is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæg, plega, plæga ('play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause'). The word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsperson or builder (as in a wheelwright or cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has wrought words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form -- a play. (The homophone

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